Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Biden’s Judicial Nominations to Get Trickier in Second Year

 


Bloomberg Law  . . ."Biden’s first year of judicial nominees were historically diverse in terms of demographics and professional background, making good on priorities White House counsel Dana Remus outlined before Biden even took office.

"“He’s delivered on his diversity promise. The numbers are quite remarkable,” Ed Whelan, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center who follows judicial nominations, said. “I think he’s set a bar so high, I’d be surprised if he’s able to maintain it.”

"Of Biden’s nominees, 75% are women, nearly 65% are people of color, and nearly 30% have experience as public defenders, according to the Alliance for Justice.

"Prior to Biden’s appointments, judicial nominees commonly had experience as federal prosecutors or Big Law partners. Just 1% of circuit court judges spent the majority of their careers as public defenders or within a legal aid setting, according to a 2020 Center for American Progress report." . . .

Judicial experience be damned; what matters is how they look! TD

Sotomayer even made the parody sites; Study Finds Supreme Court Has Now Shared More COVID Misinformation Than Your Crazy Facebook Aunt | The Babylon Bee  

. . ."This is very startling," said Dr. Holson Bogtruggles, who conducted the study. "Because your Facebook Aunt is insane. Facebook has an entire department dedicated to monitoring the sheer volume of misinformation she shares, and the Supreme Court topped her in one day." 

"Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor dismissed the study, saying: "With more than 32 trillion people and 12 billion malfunctioning toaster ovens dying of COVID every three seconds, I think we have more important things to worry about here.' ". . . 


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